As outlandish as it sounds, even around these parts, these pictures were purposely published to convince us that Anthony Fauci is still alive.

The very controversial Real Raw News reported a couple of weeks ago that Fauci was hanged at Gitmo. There's no real way to verify that so I just filed it away.

Then along come these pics supposedly "exposing" Fauci. That's what everyone is thinking about: what a hypocrite he is. And that's the point: you have to be alive to be a hypocrite.

There are numerous flaws in the fakes which you can find yourself once you're open to the idea that they may be fake. I'll just point out a few. In the first, take a look below Lemon's left cheek at that white strip. WTF? It's egregious. Someone just made a huge mistake cutting him out.

In the second, look again at what is supposedly Fauci's hand on Lemon's shoulder. Does he have the hands of The Hulk? Wait--maybe his head shrank and went into his hands. Yeah, that seems right.

In the third, try to determine which side the brighter lighting is coming from. Good luck. Also, why does Fauci somehow seem more out of focus than objects in the background?

Of course, everyone is free to believe as they wish. We all do it anyway.